NORTHAMPTON. Northampton Town prevails over Crawley Town 1-0 after J. Sowerby scored just 1 goal (79′).

Northampton Town remained in 10 after Aaron McGowan received a red card in the 72′. Even so, Northampton Town still succeeded in win this match playing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Sixfields Stadium stadium in Northampton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ross Joyce who had the assistance of Richard Morris and Jacob Lehane. The 4th official was Wayne Cartmel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Northampton Town was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Crawley Town that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Northampton Town succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Northampton Town shot 14 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Crawley Town shot 9 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards (Sam Hoskins, Jon Guthrie and Harvey Lintott). Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town received 5 yellow cards (B. Mason, J. Lynch, C. Addai, A. Oteh and Kellan Gordon).

(Northampton Town) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (72′).

Standings

After this encounter, Northampton Town will have 59 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town will stay with 26 points to sit in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Northampton Town will play away against Sutton United on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sutton United (2 draws).

Crawley Town will host Colchester United on the 18th of April with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Crawley Town (7 draws).

Northampton Town – Formation

Northampton Town adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jon Brady decided to play with the following team: Lee Burge, Jon Guthrie, Aaron McGowan, Ali Koiki, Sam Sherring, Mitchell Pinnock, Jack Sowerby, Marc Leonard, Sam Hoskins, Joshua Okpoda Eppiah and Louis Appere.

The home team had on the bench: Max Dyche, Harvey Lintott, William Hondermarck, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, T. Yengi, Ryan Haynes and Thomas King.

Northampton Town could not rely on the presence of Tete Yengi (injured).

Substitutions

Northampton Town made 4 changes: Ali Koiki for Harvey Lintott (46′), Josh Eppiah for Ryan Haynes (75′), Sam Hoskins for William Hondermarck (89′) and Jack Sowerby for Tete Yengi (90′).

Crawley Town – Formation

Also Crawley Town adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai, Joel Lynch, Dion Conroy, Brandon Mason, Travis Johnson, Jack Powell, Dominic Telford, Kellan Gordon, Tom Fellows, Ashley Nadesan and Aramide Oteh.

They had on the bench: Jack Roles, Jordon Mutch, Khaleel Rafiq Salah-Edine, Ludwig Francillette, Mazeed Ogungbo, Ryan Schofield and Jack Spong.

Crawley Town could not rely on the presence of L. Francillette (injured).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 4 changes: T. Fellows for Jack Roles (67′), D. Telford for Jordon Mutch (67′), T. Johnson for Ludwig Francillette (78′) and B. Mason for Mazeed Ogungbo (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Sutton United – Crewe Alexandra – 1-1
• Bradford City – Colchester United – 2-0
• Walsall – Barrow – 0-1
• Tranmere Rovers – Hartlepool United – 1-1
• Stockport County – Doncaster Rovers – 0-0
• Salford City – Newport County – 3-1
• Rochdale – Stevenage – 2-0
• Northampton Town – Crawley Town – 1-0
• Leyton Orient – Swindon Town – 1-1
• Harrogate Town – Gillingham – 0-0
• AFC Wimbledon – Mansfield Town – 1-3
• Carlisle United – Grimsby Town – 2-0